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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: I have not misrepresented facts
Recently several United Methodist pastors and a district lay leader accused me of misrepresenting the facts of a…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: First Amendment rights at center of situation
Editor’s Note: The following is in response to the article titled “Trash talk leads to trustee discussion,” April…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Clarifying statements in UMC article
Quotations in the article, “Stanly Churches Vote to Disaffiliate with United Methodist Church,” which was published on Jan.…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Solar farm is bad for Stanly County
News that EDPR will begin construction on its first solar installation in North Carolina is bad news for…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Medicaid expansion will change lives
As a hospital doctor, I see older patients too frail to live alone unable to afford a nursing…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Health Department deserves support, not politics
It is discouraging, but not surprising, that our county commissioners are, as they have since the beginning of…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We don’t need Health Board making decisions for us
The recent 7-4 decision of our local health board to withhold support of a resolution connected to Medical…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We must support Ukraine
Ukraine. Yes, The Ukraine in Eastern Europe. What has that got to do with the people of Stanly…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Carolina Coyote Classic is cruel, pointless
Eighty percent of Americans oppose violent wildlife-killing contests, and a bill introduced in Congress would ban them. The…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Downtown Albemarle deserves better lights
I was pleased 25 years ago when City Manager Ray Allen replaced the ugly freeway lights in downtown…